as tight as a tick

(as) tight as a tick

1. mod. very tight. The windows were closed—tight as a tick—to keep the cold out.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (An elaboration of tight.) The host got tight as a tick and fell in the pool.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Balakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Zahira	-	Arabic
Klaos	KLAWS	Limburgish
Mariska	mah-RIS-kah (Dutch)	Hungarian, Dutch
Baldric	BAWLD-rik	English (Archaic)
Marta	MAHR-tah (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulg